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Programme 8, 2020
The Midlands play the North of England in the cryptic quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe in the chair
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Stephen Maddock and Elizabeth-Jane Burnett of the Midlands return to the Round Britain Quiz retreat, to see if they can exact sweet revenge on Adele Geras and Stuart Maconie of the North of England, who beat them the last time they met.
Tom Sutcliffe is on hand to ask the questions and to steer them in the right direction, deducting points when the hints get too heavy. Tom will also have the solution to the teaser question he left unanswered at the end of the previous edition.
Producer: Paul Bajoria
Last on
Sat 7 Mar 2020
23:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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How they stand
The 2020 RBQ league table going into today's contest is as follows:
1 Wales  Played 3 Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Total points 59
2 North of England  P2 W2 D0 L0 Pts 40
3 South of England  P2 W1 D1 L0 Pts 37
4 Scotland  P3 W1 D0 L2 Pts 51
5 Northern Ireland  P2 W0 D1 L1 Pts 35
6 Midlands  P2 W0 D0 L2 Pts 36
1 Wales  Played 3 Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Total points 59
2 North of England  P2 W2 D0 L0 Pts 40
3 South of England  P2 W1 D1 L0 Pts 37
4 Scotland  P3 W1 D0 L2 Pts 51
5 Northern Ireland  P2 W0 D1 L1 Pts 35
6 Midlands  P2 W0 D0 L2 Pts 36
Last week's teaser question
Tom asked: If Barker and Corbett encountered, sequentially, Kieslowski's colours, Blyton's adventurers, Tarantino's undesirables and Thurber's timepieces, how many pilots would they meet next?
These clues give you numbers in ascending order: The TWO Ronnies, the THREE colours trilogy, the Famous FIVE, the Hateful EIGHT, Thurber's THIRTEEN clocks.
This is a Fibonacci sequence, in which each number is the sum of the previous two. The next number in the sequence (and the answer to the question) must therefore be 21 - as in the rock band, 21 Pilots.
Well done if you solved that: there'll be another teaser at the end of today's edition.
These clues give you numbers in ascending order: The TWO Ronnies, the THREE colours trilogy, the Famous FIVE, the Hateful EIGHT, Thurber's THIRTEEN clocks.
This is a Fibonacci sequence, in which each number is the sum of the previous two. The next number in the sequence (and the answer to the question) must therefore be 21 - as in the rock band, 21 Pilots.
Well done if you solved that: there'll be another teaser at the end of today's edition.
Questions in this programme
Q1Â A Scottish river can be found between black and black, as can a late colleague of Les Dennis. But a spelling competition and the chemical compound 3,4 methylene-dioxymethamphetamine can each be found between black and white. Where?
Q2 (from Rob Cruse)Â A piece of crockery which you are fond of; two amphibians making way; two musical instruments that may be worn; vegetables that should Be Prepared; and fruits that you ascend and descend. All of these are the talk of the town - but which town?
Q3 (Music)Â Why might you find all of these 'undercover'?
Q4Â If Cyndi's are high and sparkly, Gary's barely sees us through the year, George's is not spoken about and Reg's just wants to dance, why is everybody talking about Dan's?
Q5Â If the element between iron and nickel were found by 'Grasshopper' it would become an illegal substance. If found by a tragic osteopath and socialite it would create a chicken. And if found by a well-known singleton diarist it would give her some distinctly male characteristics. Can you explain?
Q6 (Music - from Jim Coulson)Â Apart from playing these pieces of music, what else could we be playing?
Q7 (from Martin Berzins) A breed of beef, a fermented sauce and half of a dairy product suggest one trio. A solo sailor, a 19th century Prime Minister and an American who made guns suggest another trio. When they come together each year there is often coverage by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ - on which long-running programme?
Q8Â Why might a Spenserian shepherd, a Wilkie Collins detective and three villages in the Test valley all provide Christos Tsiolkas with hard-hitting sequels?
Q2 (from Rob Cruse)Â A piece of crockery which you are fond of; two amphibians making way; two musical instruments that may be worn; vegetables that should Be Prepared; and fruits that you ascend and descend. All of these are the talk of the town - but which town?
Q3 (Music)Â Why might you find all of these 'undercover'?
Q4Â If Cyndi's are high and sparkly, Gary's barely sees us through the year, George's is not spoken about and Reg's just wants to dance, why is everybody talking about Dan's?
Q5Â If the element between iron and nickel were found by 'Grasshopper' it would become an illegal substance. If found by a tragic osteopath and socialite it would create a chicken. And if found by a well-known singleton diarist it would give her some distinctly male characteristics. Can you explain?
Q6 (Music - from Jim Coulson)Â Apart from playing these pieces of music, what else could we be playing?
Q7 (from Martin Berzins) A breed of beef, a fermented sauce and half of a dairy product suggest one trio. A solo sailor, a 19th century Prime Minister and an American who made guns suggest another trio. When they come together each year there is often coverage by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ - on which long-running programme?
Q8Â Why might a Spenserian shepherd, a Wilkie Collins detective and three villages in the Test valley all provide Christos Tsiolkas with hard-hitting sequels?
This week's teaser question
Which Nobel laureate's legacy includes a Biblical love lyric, a doll intended to trap a rabbit, a superlatively-coloured facial feature and an entire musical genre?
Don't write to us: there are no prizes, but you can see if your solution matches ours at the beginning of the next programme.
Don't write to us: there are no prizes, but you can see if your solution matches ours at the beginning of the next programme.
Broadcasts
- Mon 2 Mar 2020 15:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sat 7 Mar 2020 23:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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